Antirattler for windows.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBANE O. LEGER, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOJOHN M.

COLLINS, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

ANTIRATTLER FOR wmnows.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 23, 1908.

To all 1071 cm it may concern:

Be. it known that I, ALB'ANE O. LEGER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Antirattler for Windows, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices designed for the purpose of preventing the windows of automobiles, carriages, and other closed vehicles from rattling, and consists essentially of a member ivotally mounted on a suitable backing-p ate and having its range of movement limited, with a spring-pressed member carried by said piv otedmember, all as hereinafter set forth. The invention may also include a frictionplate, and such friction-plate may serve as a ocking-plate and thus convert the anti-rattler into a fastener.

While riding in automobiles and other vehicles much annoyance is occasioned by the noise made by the windows of the vehicle which are more or less loosely arranged thereinso as to enable them to be opened and closed readily, and the primary object of my invention is to remove the cause of such annoyance by preventing .the windows from vibrating or rattling. To this end I provide a comparatively simple and inexpensive device adapted to be attached to the casing of a window and to bearv with a yielding pressure against said window, when in operative posi-. tion, and so constructed that it can be easily and quickly brought into engagement with the W'lIldOW and thrown out of such engagement at will.

Afurther object of my invention is to afford means, when desired, for fastening or looking a Window as well as forpreventing the same from rattling.

I attain these objects by the means illustrated, in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of my device showing the application of the same to a window, its inoperative position being mdlcated by dotted lines; Fig. 2, a face view of the sash plate which in this case is a combined frictionand locking-plate for the anti-rattler; F1

a bot-tom view of the anti-rattler, and,

Fig. 4, a sectional view of the same.- Similar figures refer ,to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings I have shown the device.

applied at the left-hand side of a window which opens downward, but by inverting the device and a plying it at the right-hand side it is adaptabqe to a window which opens upward. By relocating the abutments in some of the devices-fin the manner hereinafter explained, the anti-rattler can be made in rights and lefts so that a pair having abutments in .oppositesides of a'window, will bot operate ineither an upper quadrant or alower. uadrant of a circle, as the case may be. ight modifications of this kind and various changes, in the shape, size and construction of my device may be made without departing from the nature of my invention.

Referring to the drawings it will be observed that the device consists o f a suitable backing-plate. 10, an arm 11 having its inner terminal or head 12 flattened and pivoted at 13 to said backing-plate, and a ca 14 slidingly mounte'don said arm and he (i thereto by a pin 15 extending through the arm into slots 16-16 at the top and bottom of said cap. The pin 15 prevents the cap 14 from turning on the arm 11 and limits the reciprocating movement of said. ca thereon. A stop pin 17- projects outward ing-p ate 10 into a slot 18 in the head 12, and the ends of said slot form abutments 19 and 20 to limit the movement of the arm 11. The slot 18 is concentric with the pivot 13. 'The outer terminal of the arm 11 is made smaller than the body part of the arm to form a shoulder 21. There is a longitudinal passage 22 in the cap 15 for the arm 11, and that part of suchpassage which receives the end of the smaller terminal of said arm is smaller than the other part so that an internal shoulder 23 is formed between which and the shoulder 21 a spring 24 is located. This spring encircles the smaller part of the arm 11 and bears at opposite ends against the aforesaid shoulders with the result that the cap is thrust outward normally as far as, the pin 15 and the inner ends of the slots 16 will permit, but by applying suiiicient force to said cap to overcome the resiliency of such spring the cap can be actuated. inward toward the pin 13 or retracted until t-he'opposite ends of said slots encounter said pin. The-cap is provided with a projection 25 on one side, which may be grasped between the thumb and finger to facilitate operating the device in'either direction.

the two different positions, when laced on om the back-- retreats protect the window sash with which the anti-rattler is used from the abrasive action of the engaging end or] nose of 1 the cap, 14 I refer to provide a frictionlate26, and y indenting or grooving the ace ofjthis plate crosswise as at 27 I makeployed.

iii the first view. a fragment of a window casing is represented at 28 and a fragment of ajwindow sashat 29, the latterbeing part of 1'5 a windowjwhich must be drawn inward and then lowered in order to, open it. The backin'g-plate-IQ.is-fastened against the side of the easing 28 (by 'means of screws in the usual 'manner and the friction-plate 26 is fastened against the front of-the sash 29 in the same n a anfd the arrangement .of'parts is such lth'atfl the centers of the pivot 13 and the 4 groove 27 are in substantially the same hori- I tal plane with each other, when the windowis closed, and thefdiameter oia circle having-said pivot for a center and being tangent to the grooved surface of said frictionnot pass the nose of the ca 14. The win platens less than the normal length of the reach-of the arm 11 with its cap, hence the plate must be retracted to some extent and the spring 24 compressed more than when said cap is out ofengagement with the friction-plate.

. IOwing tothe presence of the spring 24 the as window is held against vibration and preventedirom rattling when the antirattler is in direct and positive engagement therewith, because said spring bearing as it does against the shoulders 21 and 23 forces the cap hard against the window or the plate thereon and holds said windowtight against the outside lbeal'i ng members therefor.

The Window cannot be opened from the outside in the present instance because the 45 s houider 19 is in contact with the pin 17 and prevents the arm '11 from being swung below 'la hnrizontal-line-passing through the pivot fliyflmdthe upper'edge of the groove 27 canace can, however, be .unloc ed and released from the inside by simpl; forcinginward the cap until its nose is in a position to clear the a per edgeofthe groove ,27 and turning the arm-upward on its pivot, thus throwing the 55 oscillating members into the position indicated"by dotted lines in-Fig. 1 The abutii'ient20is'now in contact with the pin 17 and l' iin'its'the' movement ofthe arm in this direcarea. The window isnow free to be opened enclosed at will. To again secure or refasten'the window swing the arm and cap Qhe', horizontal position once more, the down on sas 1 plate 26 and snapping into the groove 27, and the scribedas being placed contiguous to one latter when in engagement with the friction-- senses abutment 19 coming into contact with the pin 17. r

For a window which opens upward and which it is desired to lock, either the members must be inverted and placed at the other side of the window or elsethe abutment-s 19 and 20 must be relocated so as to confine the motion of the arm to a lower quadrant of the circle instead of an upper quadrant as inthe. drawings; and by prop erly placing these abutments the devices can be made, in rights and lefts, as hereinbefore mentioned. 7

Although the deviceis shown and deslde or the other of t'W1IldOW,:1i1 lsfobvious that it might be located contiguous; to either the top orbottom, and arranged ineit'her of these positions to lock the window if de-. sired. 1

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure-by Letters Patent, is?

1. As a new article of manuracture, an anti-rattler for windows, comprising asuit able backing-plate, an armpivotall-yrhounted on said backing-plate and provided with an abutment, a stop on the backing-plate projecting into the path of said abutment" to determine the active osition of sucharm, a spring-pressed cap sli ingly-mountedion said arm, and means to limit the sliding/movement of said cap on the arm.

2. The combination, in an anti-rattler for windows, with a grooved or indented late. adapted to be fastened to a sash, of abac gplate adapted to be fastened to a casing, an arm pivotallymounted on said backingplate and provided with an abutment, .a-stop on the backing-plate projecting into thev path of said abutment to determine the active osition of such arm, a spring-pressed cap s idingly-mounted onsaid arm and capablc of locking engagement with the. grooved or indented part of the sash plate, andmeans to limit the sliding movement of 110 said cap on the arm. ,w

3. The combination, in an anti-rattler for windows, of a suitable backing-plate, a shouldered arm pivoted at one terminal tosaid backing-plate, a slotted cap slidingly- 5- mounted on the other terminal of s'uchlarm,

such cap having an internal shoulder,-a projecting member extending from said arm into the slotted partor parts of such cap to" limit the-reciprocal movement of "the cap, and a spring in said cap between theshoulder therein and .the arm shoulder I to annea the cap outward. I I L f -*3: 4. The combination; in-an an attler for windows, of a suitable-backingplate, an arm having one terminal pivoted to sitielbackingplate and provided withan abutment, a stop on vsaid backing-plate projecting into the path of said abutmentto determine the active position of the arm, a cap slidinglymounted on the other terminal of such arm, nieans to limit the reciprocal movement of such cap, and a spring in said cap arranged to bear against both the arm and cap and to tension the latter outvard.

5, The combination, in an anti-rattler for windows, of a suitable backing-plate, an arm having one terminal pivoted to said backingplate and provided with abutments, a stop on said backing-plate projecting into the path of travel of said ahutments to limit the movement of the arm, a slotted cap slidinglymounted on toe other terminal of such arm, suoh cap having an internal shoulder, the arm also having a shoulder Within the cap, a 15 pin projecting from said arm into the cap slots'to limit the reciprocal movement of the cap, and a spring in said cap between the two shoulders therein to tension the cap outward,

ALBANE 0. teens Witnesses:

J. M. CoLLINs, F. A. CUTTER. 

